Deserving of heaven or hell in an after life

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1. Theists sometimes claim that God could not have denied human beings free will and still made them morally resposible for their actions and so deserving of heaven or hell in an after life. Explain this claim and evaulate it.

2. A playwright once wrote, if fogd is good, He is not God, if God is God, He is not good." Explain.

3. The seventeenth- century French Philosopher Blaise Pascal suggested that atheism is not a good b et: Let us weigh the gain and loss in betting that God exists: if you win, you win everything; if you lose, you lose nothing. You should unhesitatingly bet that HE exists!" Do you agree?

4. Explain the following statement: "The existence of eveil can show only that God is either not all-knowing or not omnipotent; it cannot show that God does not exist." Is this statement correct?

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